When the New York Giants selected former Iowa and Purdue running back Tyrone Tracy in the fifth round last year, they already knew they'd be without the services of Saquon Barkley.
All they could do is hope to replace some of the production that Barkley gave.
What they got was a Tyrone Tracy hungry to make a name for himself and "dominate" the league. Tracy was recently asked about his goals entering his second season in the league, and he was very clear.
“Dominate,” Tracy told NFL Media. “I think that the best thing that I can do is dominate where I was last year and then, shoot, try to multiply that this year. Last year, I had 800 [rushing yards]. This year, I need to go for [1,500 yards]. . . . Wherever I was last year was last year. It don’t matter. It’s a new year.”
Tracy also credited new quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston for their professionalism in the early part of the offseason this summer as the team attempts to figure out the quarterback situation for next year.
“Jameis and Russ, they both have a really good dynamic to where they both respect each other,” Tracy said. “They both allow each other to lead in their own way, whatever it may be. If Jameis wants to say something, Russ is not gonna come and say this is how it is. He’ll let Jameis talk and lead his own way.
“I think that’s really good because you need more than one leader. You need more than one person speaking up. It can’t just be Russ or Jameis. It has to be a running back, a linebacker, a D-end, you know what I’m saying? It has to be multiple people on the team leading so that everyone knows, the young guys know this is the way we’re going.”